K chondrite Comparison Table

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K chondrite comparison table

Subject has weather resistance is an instance of has fragmentation probability has fall location has fall date has name has fall description has weather has relative abundance has petrologic subtype has value has total mass of find has fall coordinate has image has number of find has ablative mass loss

Kakangari which depends on its composition meteorite fall during meteor phase which depends on composition Kangankarai, India June 4, 1890 Kakangari what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins 3.6 higher because the fall was witnessed 485755 kg 12° 23' N., 78° 31' E.
1691 directly proportional to initial velocity

Lea County 002 low K chondrite high because it is more friable than iron meteorite strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred 85.7 % of meteorite falls 20461 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude 1030 high because it is more friable than iron meteorite

LEW 87232 low K chondrite high because it is more friable than iron meteorite strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred 85.7 % of meteorite falls 20461 kg in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude 1030 high because it is more friable than iron meteorite

Subject	has weather resistance	is an instance of	has fragmentation probability	has fall location	has fall date	has name	has fall description	has weather	has relative abundance	has petrologic subtype	has value	has total mass of find	has fall coordinate	has image	has number of find	has ablative mass loss
Kakangari	which depends on its composition	meteorite fall	during meteor phase which depends on composition	Kangankarai, India	June 4, 1890	Kakangari	what witnesses saw or what was recorded by instruments	negligible due to quick recovery of meteorite before corrosion begins		3.6	higher because the fall was witnessed	485755 kg	12° 23' N., 78° 31' E.		1691	directly proportional to initial velocity
Lea County 002	low	K chondrite	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred			85.7 % of meteorite falls			20461 kg	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		1030	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite
LEW 87232	low	K chondrite	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite	strewn fields, elongated footprints which depends on impact angle, airbursts, and impact velocity	recorded by eyewitness or inferred from dating methods	based on the locale, region, or nearby town in which the fall occurred			85.7 % of meteorite falls			20461 kg	in degrees, minutes and seconds of lattitude and longitude		1030	high because it is more friable than iron meteorite

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